 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1834 - 276 pages
...lands of residents. The following are some of the principal features in the constitution of that state. The legislative authority is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate, the members of which are elected for four years, and a house of representatives elected for two years.... | |
 | Adriano Balbi - Geography - 1835 - 578 pages
...no manufactures of importance. 19. Government. The constitution of this state was adopted in 1776. The legislative authority is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Commons, chosen annually by the people. The Governor and Executive Council are elected annually by... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
...adopted in 1792. since which time it has not been materially altered. Legislature. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Representatives are chosen annually, and consist of seven from each county, or twenty-one in the... | |
 | National characteristics, American - 1836 - 68 pages
...and hold office for seven years, if so long they beliave well. STATE OF INDIANA.—The legislature is vested in a general assembly consisting of a senate and house of representatives ; the first are elected triennially and the latter annually. Every representative must be twenty-one... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Economics - 1837 - 164 pages
...house or place in each precinct where the polls shall Ъе opened. Electors throughout the county vote at which precinct they please. GOVERNMENT. The constitution...The executive power is vested in the governor, who is elected every fourth year by the electors for representatives, but the same person is ineligible... | |
 | John Mason Peck - History - 1837 - 396 pages
...will furnish facilities for a useful and general education, equal to those in any part of the country. Government. The constitution of Illinois was formed...The executive power is vested in the governor, who is chosen every fourth year, by the electors for representatives; but the same person is ineligible... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 644 pages
...Counties upon Delaware. A new constitution of government was adopted in 1831. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The former are chosen for four years, three from each county ; the latter tor two years, seven from... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 640 pages
...Counties upon Delaware. A new constitution of government was adopted in 1831. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The former are chosen for four years, three from each county ; the latter for two years, seven from... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - Geography - 1837 - 770 pages
...granted by Charles II., which has ever since formed the basis of the government. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, consisting of 72 members — six from Newport, four from each of the towns of Providence, Portsmouth,... | |
 | Joseph Hutchins Colton, John Calvin Smith - Illinois - 1839 - 194 pages
...departments. The legislative power is vested in a " general assembly," which consists of a " Senate" and a " House of Representatives." Elections are held biennially,...legislature. Senators are elected for four years. The supreme executive power is vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled " The Governor of the... | |
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The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and... 
